Cyclic AMP-dependent memory mutants are defective in the food choice behavior of Drosophila |
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Authors: | Katsunori Motosaka Masayuki Koganezawa Satoko Narikawa Akira Furuyama Kenji Shinozaki Kunio Isono Ichiro Shimada |
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Affiliation: | (1) Department of Developmental Biology and Neuroscience, Graduate School of Life Sciences, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan;(2) Laboratory of Information Biology, Graduate School of Information Science, Tohoku University, Sendai 980-8578, Japan |
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Abstract: | Acute choice behavior in ingesting two different concentrations of sucrose in Drosophila is presumed to include learning and memory. Effects on this behavior were examined for four mutations that block associative learning (dunce, rutabaga, amnesiac, and radish). Three of these mutations cause cyclic AMP signaling defects and significantly reduced taste discrimination. The exception was radish, which affects neither. Electrophysiological recordings confirmed that the sensitivity of taste receptors is almost indistinguishable in all flies, whether wild type or mutant. These results suggest that food choice behavior in Drosophila involves central nervous learning and memory operating via cyclic AMP signaling pathways. |
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Keywords: | Memory mutants Learning and memory Feeding behavior Taste Ingestion |
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